Phone interview with recruiter, then phone interview with hiring manager.

This was the 2nd time in ~3 years a HubSpot recruiter contacted me out of the blue, only for me to later be rejected and not even invited in for an interview. Seriously, HubSpot, please stop wasting my time. My feedback for you would be to only screen candidates once and not have them jump through multiple hoops, it's really annoying as a candidate to have your time wasted/spent researching people and roles to later learn you were hardly even being considered.

Overall, I'm really disappointed in the HubSpot interview process. I'd heard great things about HubSpot, but the way my interviews have been handled have made me reconsider joining the company. I've now interviewed three times, and each separate interviewer has been at least 15 minutes late to our discussions. Once connected, they have all been vague about the role I applied for, then have ultimately described it in a way that is different from its description. They've also asked me to fill the role within days of interviewing for the first time.

Pleasant enough people, but the lack of transparency and professionalism has been disappointing. In its Culture Code, HubSpot emphasizes transparency and "using good judgment"...it was disheartening to feel that they did not embody their own values for a prospective team member.

Hi there, thanks for submitting a review and I'm really sorry to hear that we let you down in your experience. If you can shoot me a note regarding the role you applied for and the timing I will more than happily follow up with our recruitment team to share the feedback so we can learn and improve from it--my direct email is kburke at hubspot, just shoot me a note if you're comfortable doing so and we'll use the feedback to improve moving forward. Thanks for taking the time to share this, we'll use it to improve our experience for future candidates. Sincerely, Katie... MoreLess

I applied through an employee referral. I interviewed at HubSpot (Cambridge, MA (US)).

Interview

A long process with multiple rounds that were all equally challenging. It started with a phone screen with a recruiter, then moved on to a 1 on 1 phone call with a BDR Manager. After that there was a role play with a different BDR manager, which was followed up by a tour of the office and 4 in person interviews.

Congrats on accepting the offer to join our BDR team-you're joining a great group of people. Appreciate the review of our interview process as well, the BDR recruiting team is working really hard to onboard wonderful candidates like you, so appreciate the feedback to help us get there! -Katie... MoreLess

I had several phone and video interviews across the content team. People were friendly, and seemed enthusiastic about their roles. In the end they said I was a strong candidate but I didn't receive an offer.

Interview Questions

Think of someone who doesn't like you. What are three things that person would say about you? Answer Question

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 weeks. I interviewed at HubSpot.

Interview

Employees handled themselves very unprofessionally in their written communications, tried to call at off hours, and asked for salary requirements in the first screening call. The entire process was very secretive.

This is concerning--thanks for sharing the feedback--if you have a moment and are comfortable doing so, can you send me your feedback on email with more detail on the process here so I can dig in ? I'm just kburke at hubspot. Thanks and sorry to hear you had a bad experience with our team. Sincerely, Katie... MoreLess

Didn't make it past the phone screens--easy questions but I was thrown off by how much background noise there was on the call and it was hard to concentrate on what they were asking. The recruiter was nice but kept making "uh-huh" noises in the middle of my answers so the interview felt very rushed. Seems like a good company but a mutually bad fit.

Interview Questions

Describe a time when you had to work with another team to get results Answer Question

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at HubSpot.

Interview

There was one phone interview, two skill interviews, and then three final interviews with managers. I was out of state during this process and everyone was extremely accommodating and willing to hold the interviews virtually. The interviews ranged from very casual to difficult questions regarding skill and personality. Overall, the process was positive and all the interviewers were very friendly and easy to talk to.

Interview Questions

What's the difference to you between talking with a real person on the phone and talking with a support bot? Answer Question

I applied online. The process took 4+ weeks. I interviewed at HubSpot (Cambridge, MA (US)) in February 2018.

Interview

HR call, hiring manager call, 3-part written PM evaluation, in-person interviews at Director level. I would have given this a positive experience rating if it had led to an offer but based on how it went it was somewhat baffling that it didn't and when I reached out for feedback I was told it was just an extremely competitive field. After spending 8-10 unpaid hours on a written evaluation that received glowing feedback before being brought in for the in-person I was fairly disappointed in the results. In my opinion the written assessment should come after using an in-person to cut down your field of candidates. Overall HR is very friendly and warm and everyone was very nice but in retrospect it is all marketing, just like the rest of the company. Best of luck to them.

Interview Questions

high focus on how to determine project priority in most questions throughout interview process Answer Question

Sorry to hear this didn't end as you had hoped and that the writing assessment was lengthy--we try to use the assessment to really align a candidate with the work he or she would be doing in the role itself, as we think it helps us make better hiring decisions and candidates get a sense for what it's like to work here. We typically do it before face to face to add context to the discussion, but sounds like the assessment took up a lot of time and energy, so good feedback for us to hear, thanks for sharing it. Sincerely, Katie... MoreLess

I applied through an employee referral. The process took 3 days. I interviewed at HubSpot (Cambridge, MA (US)) in February 2018.

Interview

One of the smoothest and fastest hiring process I have been through. The whole process from phone screening to group panel was very enjoyable. It started with a call with an HR person, then went through an online coding challenge before an in person 5 hour interview.

Thanks for the feedback! Our technical hiring team is world-class, so glad to hear you felt the experience was enjoyable end to end, that means the world to us. By now I'm guessing you've joined our team--I hope we make you proud that you joined HubSpot after a great interview experience, we are so glad you're here! Sincerely, Katie... MoreLess

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